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SEND RENEWAL OF SUBSCRIPTION BEFORE EXPIRATION DATE ON ADDRESS VOLUME XXVI NO. 33 BOARD CONCERNED FOR 2 DAYS WITH ~ THE STATUS QUO To Advertise for Tax Collector, Build Jail at Hatteras; Hold Joint Health Meeting After wrestling with various sit uations in Dare County and mak ing plans for some changes in pro cedure, and some additions, the Dare Co. Board concluded a long two-day session Tuesday-night at 9:30. Out of the meeting came orders to advertise for someone to be employed as delinquent tax col lector in Dare County, applications are now being received. Both meetings extended later than 9 p.m. each night, although all mem bers did not sit out the full meet ings. The Board reviewed complaints from Manns Harbor about the community ditch, which has been used by small boats, and was dug some years ago in the process of building a public road to the wat erfront. A committee was set up to hold a meeting Tuesday night of next week in the Manns Harbor community building to iron out this difficulty. Lawrence Swain, Horace Hooper and Attorney Mc- Cown are committee members. The Board voted to build the long-discussed Hatteras Island jail in the community of Hatteras on the site of the former Hatteras School, and to start work soon with $5,000 set up for the purpose. Trespass on the Billy Mitchell Airport at Frisco has become suf ficient problem that it was ordered that warning signs be put up on the airport, and $25 was appropri ated for the purpose. Accountant John H. Long was given authority to get information concerning the purchase of mimeo graph and copying machines for the courthouse, and also was au thorized to get heat control units installed in the several offices in the courthouse. Alleviation of a problem is sought. Some offices are overheated in order that offic es on the north side may be suffi ciently hot. Numerous roads on Hatteras Is land were approved, and requests win be made that the State im prove them. These include the Dark Ridge road, Buxton, the Mattie Melson road, Wanchese, the Circle Drive, the Cedar Road, the Oak Ridge Road, the Harbor Road in Hatteras, and some short pieces of road leading to the home of the Payne families in Stumpy Point were approved. The Board approved a plan to ask the Legislature to pass a law, relieving the Sheriff of the respon sibility of collecting taxes, with a view to employing a full time col lector for this duty. Legislation will be asked also, to increase the charges for court costs in Record er's Court, and to put the building permit system under the tax sup ervisor. This law is now practical ly ignored. It was ordered that the Register of Deeds not record any transfers until they have been cheeked and approved by the tax supervisor, for tax listing pur pose*. Commissioner Fuller moved that the Board investigate the legality of selling beer from a boat in Pamlico Sound, within a minimum of a half-mile off-shore. Approval of a.beer license for Fred I. Jones of Manteo was given. W. S. White, lodge Stanford White of Manns Har bor was appointed Assistant Re corder’s Judge, to hold court in event Judge Baum wishes to be absent, to be paid by the Judge for such services rendered. The Board held a joint meeting with the Currituck and Dare Health Boards Monday night at Currituck. They also had a meet ing with representatives of the ABC Board to discuss profits from the stores. This meeting came out of the agitation of Tourist Bureau members who desire more money from ABC funds to carry on their work. The Bureau now receives half the profits, which during the past year exceeded $16,000, in ad dition to some $4,000 from private contributors. > , Several items were tabled. These included selection of garbage dis posal areas; the management of Wanchese Harbor and the Hatter as Airport, the long drawn out problem concerning the public ditch dug at Buxton for a harbor, and the committment to build a public dock at Mill Landing, Wan* cheee. INJURED BY TABLE SAW Capt John Wilson, Supt. of the Dare County ferries suffered a i painful injury while operating a , table saw last week as his glove ; caught in the saw. He lost the end j of his right forefinger and parts of other fingers on the same hand. ; He was treated by Dr. W. W. Har vey Jr. THE COASTLAND TIMES WITH WHICH IS COMBINED THE PILOT AND HERALD OF BELHAVEN AND SWAN QUARTER PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA JOHN E. ROSE, 94, MOST POPULAR ENGELHARD MAN In Eastern Hyde County which area is famed for the number of citizens who five long past 80 years here isn’t a more popular citizen than John Edward Rose, who at 94 is ac ive, and still master of his own household. He lives alone on the old road North of Engelhard, and remembers when the Waupop pin neighborhood, just a little be yond was the largest community roundabout. Mr. Rose does his own cooking, washing and houseclean ing, keeps up his firewood, reads his bible, and looks at the news casts on his TV set. He is a faith ful adherent of the Christian church, and the Democratic party. He has four children living, with whom he visits on occasion. His wife has been dead 20 years. He is a citizen well-worth visiting, for while being respected beyond the average man, he is noted for his politeness and courtesy to all peo ple, and he has a remarkable mem ory. DARE UNIT OF NCEA TO MEET IN MANTEO FEB. 14 Miit Hoyle to Speak February II; Area Conference on Feb ruary 14th The Dare County Unit of North Carolina Education Association will hold its annual luncheon meeting at the Manteo Elementary School on February 11. Miss Ruth A. Hoyle of Elizabeth City will be guest speaker. Miss Hoyle received her education at Lenoir Rhyne College and the Uni versity of North Carolina and has been connected' with the public school system as a teacher and supervisor. At present she is su pervisor of the Elizabeth City School system. On February 14 the North Caro lina Education Association will hold its area conference at the Manteo High School. The confer ence will include representatives from Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell, and Washington counties. Miss Phoebe Emmons, field rep resentative of the N.C.EJL will conduct the conference. The follow ing schedule will be followed: Gen eral Session at 4 p.m v in the audi torium, 6 p.m. dinner in the cafe teria and a general session in the auditorium at 7 p.m. PARK SERVICE EMPLOYEE RECEIVES 1465 AWARD T. Reid Cabe, maintenance su pervisor for the Cape Hatteras National Seashore and the Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, re ceives a |46fi.00 award for rede signing and modifying equipment for grass planting. Using farm type equipment, such as trans planters for cabbage, tobacco and sweet potato plants, Mr. Cabe con verted two of these machines into grass planters. Prior to the use of machines, all grass planting was done by hand. The machines made it possible to plant five times as much grass with the same number of men. Mr. Calbe’s suggestion has resulted in savings to date of approximately 114,500 to the National Park Serv ice Dune Stabilization Program. This is the highest eash award for a money-saving suggestion in Region One of the National Park Service. ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF CAPE HATTERAS PTA ARE REVIEWED Inspiring Meeting Held at Cape Hatteras School; Many Gains Made The February meeting of the Cape Hatteras P.T.A. was held in the school auditorium on Tuesday night. The meeting was opened with a Bible reading prayer by the Reverend Henry Wright, minister so the Assembly of God Church of Avon. It was announced that this month is the anniversary of the founding of the P.T.A., the organi zation having been started on Feb ruary 17, 1897. In commemoration of this anniversary, a program was presented by local members. The program was based on the television show “I’ve Got a Secret” and was moderated by Mrs. Delor es Burrus. Panel members were Mrs. Joyce Gray, Mrs. Jean Gray, Mrs. Irma Lange, and Mrs. Benrus Williams. The first contestants 1 were Mrs. Mary Stamey and Mrs. Bonita Williams who represented the co-founders of the P.T.A., Mrs. Alice Mclellen Bierney and Mrs. Phoebe Apperson Hurst The sec ond contestant was Mrs. Blanche Midgett who was the first presi dent of the Cape Hatteras P.T.A. Mrs. Midgett told some of the things that the P.T.A. did in its first year at the school, which was See PTA, Page Five BELHAVEN AIRMAN ENDS COURSE AT LACKLAND AFB f I fc : .o He >' -Mi AIRMAN DAVID D. DAVEN PORT, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Dav enport of 810 County Rd., Belhav en, N. C., has completed his initial course of Air Force basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. He has been selected to attend the technical training course for Aircraft and Missile Maintenance at Sheppard AFB, Texas. Airman Davenport is a graduate of John A. Wilkinson High School. Basic airmen at Lackland are selected for specialized training at technical schools on the basis of their interests and aptitudes. They are reassigned to the school after five weeks of basic training. At the technical schools they are given additional military training along with the technical instructions. Upon completion of special tech nical training at an .Air Force Technical Training Center, airmen are assigned to operational units of the USAF Aerospace Force. MRS. MARY TILLETT PERRY 84, DIES AT KITTY HAWK Mrs. Mary Tillett Perry, 84, died Friday night at 10:15 o’clock in the family residence in Kitty Hawk after a long illness. She was a native and life-long resident of Kitty Hawk, daughter of the late Benjamin and Almira Tillett and widow of Charles Bailey Perry. She was a member of the Primitive Baptist Churcli, Kitty Hawk. She is survived by three daugh ters, Mrs. Olive Hayman and Mrs. Mary L. Pugh of Kitty Hawk and Mrs. Lillie Shannon of Manteo; tw sons, Cal A. and Charlie L. Perry of Kitty Hawk, two sisters, Mrs. Jennie Beasley of Kitty Hawk and Mrs. Almira O'Neal of Manteo; 14 grandchildren and 17 great grand children. The funeral was held at the graveside in Austin Cemetery, Kitty Hawk Sunday at 2 p.m. El der George Trevathan, of the prim itive Baptist Church officiating. Pall Bearers were Will, Colon asd Hallett Perry ,Eldridge and Clyde Beacham, and Avery Tillett. CAR STOLEN FROM BRIDGE TENDER; ANOTHER FOUND The Sheriff’s office Thursday re covered a stolen car which had been abandoned at the Kitty Hawk bridge, and is searching for an other which was apparently stol en in place of It by persons un known. The 1951 Plymouth belong ed to Howard Bray, bridge-tender, and the car recovered by officer Donnie Twyne, belonged to Marvin Gilbert Vick of Kinston. It is a 1951 two-tone, blue Oldsmobile. MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10. 1961 CURRITUCK MAN CHAIRMAN STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSI’N pF jj lM - ■ ■ ' .'-L MERRILL EVANS of Ahoskie, a native of Grandy in Currituck County has been named chairman of the State Highway Commission by Governor Sanford, replacing Mel Broughton Jr. who resigned last week. Mr. Evans served as a member of the commission during the term of Governor Cherry, and he has served as a member of the legislature both in the Senate and the House, has been on the County Board of Hertford County, and for many years a Sunday school tea cher. This first appointment from the east by Governor Sanford will •'rove a popular one. Mr. Evans is highly regarded and his previous service on the highway Commis sion is remembered with satisfac tion. In that period, he gave much consideration to the improvement of neighborhood roads. Early in the Sanford campaign, he came out strongly for the Fayetteville man, and canvassed the entire district in his behalf, contributing immeasure ably to winning majorities in most counties of this area. BLOODMOBILE TO YISIT SWAN QUARTER FEB. 21 The Med Cross Bloodmobile will be at the Agricultural Building in Swan Quarter Tuesday, Febru ary 21, from 10 A.M. to 3 PM. W. E. Bishop, Hyde County Chairman of the Red Cross Pro gram, says Hyde County residents desiring to see the program con tinued should make arrangements to dona’e blood at this time. The county fell short of its quota last year and should make every effort to meet the quota this time in order to assure the continuance of the program. Mr. Bishop pointed out that many Hyde residents have benefit ted from the program by having blood available when needed, thus relieving family members from seeking donors at the time of need. K I"-, COVERING THE WATERFRONT— MUTINY OFF OCRACOKE ISLAND IN 1793 BROUGHT FIRST DEATH SENTENCE IN U. S. —— By AYCOCK BROWN “Four sailors were hanged for mutiny at Ocracoke Island, N. C. in 1793, when the first sentence of death imposed by a federal court Bern (New Bern) N. C." in the United States was passed at The foregoing was a newspaper filler a friend of mine had clipped from a Wilmington, Del., newspa per in 1941. He had sent it to me for publication in the short-lived Ocraeokr Island Beacon I was pub lishing at the time. I began a search for additional data about the incident in the old State and Colonial records on file in the courthouse at Beaufort, but failed to find anything. In the next edition of the Beacon, referring to the clipping and my fruitless search for additional data. I wrote: “Perhaps some reader of this island newspaper could help me get facts about this ‘first death sentence* resulting from the muti ny off Ocracoke Island.” My appeal for additional data did not go nn-noticed and a few days later Romulus A. Nunn, wide ly known jurist and historian of New Bern sent me plenty of facts about the incident His story in de tail* was'published in the Decem ber 15, 1941, edition of the Beacon. I had planned at the time, due to its human interest to send the ont to various Editors, but a War had started, and it was only a-few-weeks until I was in it up to my neck, and out of the writing business for four years or more. The-story as Judge Nunn gave it to me from records he had in his possession follows: Mutiny Off Ocracoke First death sentence under au thority of the United States was given in 1793 by the Federal Court at New Bern. It was the case of the United States against Maunier and five other mariners charged with HOW WOMEN AND MEN ORGANIZED A FIRE DEP'T Loss of Ross Burrus' Home at Hatteras Stirred Community Into Prompt Action By MRS. JUANITA PEELE At 7:30 P.M. September 28, 1959, Hatteras villagers had just about finished washing supper dishes and were just thinking “what’s on TV tonight” when a sudden burst of excitement ran through the village—“ Ross Bur rus’s house is on fire”—a call that made all residents shiver. For on that fateful evening, a strong wind was blowing, there had been no appreciable rainfall for consider able time, and with only buckets and hand extinguishers to fight the fire, saving the house was impos sible, and chances for saving the motel were indeed slim. Downwind from the motel were more houses, business buildings and fuel storage tanks. There easily could have been a horrible holocast in Hat teras that night! On this evening was conceived the Hatteras Village Fire Depart ment and on October 1, the com munity met as a resolute body and started the ball rolling to make possible the Hatteras Volun teer Fire Department Many difficulties were facing this small community. But at that first meeting, 72 residents turned out and enrolled as charter members. Officers were elected, a future meeting date set and arrangements made for Dep uty Fire Chief of North Carolina Sherman Pickard and Fire Chief Warren of Plymouth Fire Depart ment to speak in October. Enthusiasm mounted high and the dream rapidly became a real ity. Within a period of 25 days a sum of over $2,300 was raised by voluntary contribution. On Novem ber 2, the Hatteras Fire Associa tion voted to adopt a charter, by laws, and elect a board of direc tors. Norfolk Airport donated a fire siren. On December 27, 1959, the exec utive board accepted the bid of the Howe Fire Apparatus Com pany, and contributed to purchase the engine and accessories for $14,000 payable in 7 years at 6% interest, with delivery in about six months. A site was selected for the future fire house, automo bile tags were purchased for the Volunteer Firemen, and the week of April 11 was declared Clean-Up Week. Canvassers were out for contributions and many other ways of raising the necessary funds were discussed and followed. In May the treasurer announced that over $3,000 had been collected. The down payment was made to the Howe Company with delivery promised in August. August 12 was a big day in See DEPT., Page Five mutiny and murder on the high seas off Ocracoke. They were aboard a ship out of Charleston, S. C., bound for Bordeaux. France. Shortly after passing Tybee Bar, two Frenchmen, two Englishmen, an Irishman and an American, con spired to murder the master and mate and take the ship to some northern European port. There they planned to dispose of the ves sel and its cargo, divide the pro ceeds and escape. From an account of one present at the mutineers tijal, presided over by a Mr. Justice Patterson of the Supreme Court of the United States, it appears that: On the third day from port, and when the ship was off Ocracoke In let, the villians carried into execu tion a part of their horrid plan. The captain’s watch upon deck con sisted of one Frenchman, the Irish man, the American and the Man xman. When his watch was out he retired to his cabin leaving the Irishman and the American linger ing on deck. As the mate called his waeh an Englishman was set at the helm, the other standing near the cabin door .A couple of iron bolts were lying on the quarterdeck near at hand. The two Frenchmen stationed themselves at the bow where an axe lay against the windlass. One of the Frenchmen looking over the bow exclaimed: “Voye’ qu’- el e’trange poisson’.” (“Look! What a strange fish!”) This exclamation attracted the attention of the mate; he ran for ward and as he looked over the bow, one of the Frenchmen caught up the axe and struck him in the back. The blow, not being instantly mortal the mate made a loud outcry Frenchmen seized and threw him overboard. . . . The outcry of the mate roused the captain. Spring- See MUTINY, Page Five FORTY DAY SEARCH FRUITLESS FOR KITTY HAWK MAN’S WIFE MISSING SINCE NEW YEAR’S EVE Bill Anderson Returns Thursday Sick From Ex hausting Trail To Many Cities Between Fort Lauderdale, Fla. and Montreal, Canada, For mer Home of Mrs. Beatrice Joyce Gilbert An derson, Probable Amnesia Victim. MANTEO MAN GOES ON A MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE »««« - >- \ M -■ - - lEV ■ > i iu JI I LESTER CONRAD WARD, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Ward of Manteo who is aboard the USN Destroyer James C. Owens with the 2nd fleet, left last week on a cruise which will take him to the Mediterranean, and perhaps the Red Sea. He is in the Radio divi sion,and is expected to soon reach the rating of Second Class seaman. He expects to be gone seven months. LESS WORK REQUIRED TO BENEFIT FROM SOCIAL SECURITY Some Changes in Laws; Other Facts About Program Outlin ed by Office Manager Anyone 'who has been told in the past that he did not have enough work under social security to quali fy for payments should get in touch with his social security office now to see if he is eligible under the change in the law. This sugges tion is from Earl W. Trinkle, Field Representative of the Social Secu rity District Office in Norfolk, Vir ginia. The amount of work required to get social security benefits has been reduced. Just how long must you work depends upon your date of birth (or if you die or become disabled, upon the date of your disability). Because of this re cent change the survivors of work ers who died after June 1954 and who were not eligible for benefits under the old law may now be eligi ble. In many cases the amount of work required under the old law has been reduced about a third. For example, a man becoming 65 or a woman becoming 62 in the first six months of 1960 needed 4H years of work or 18 quarters of coverage under the old law to be eligible for a monthly benefit. Under the new law 3 years or 12 quarters of cov erage are required. No social security payment can be made if there is less than a year and a half of work under social sec urity. This provision in the Social Security Law was not changed by the 1960 Amendments. Another provision that was not changed is that no one ever needs to have more than ten years of work under so cial security in order to qualify for a benefit A disability insurance benefit still cannot be paid to any one with less tran five years of covered work. It is recommended that you con tact your nearest social security office if you think this change in the law may be of benefit to you. Under the old law, which stays in effect until 1961, a beneficiary under age 72 who goes to work and earns more than SI2OO loses one month’s benefit check for every SBO (or fraction of $80) by which his earnings go over SI2OO. Earn ings of even $1 over the SI2OO limit mean the withholding of the bene ficiary’s entire monthly check. If his wife is also entitled to benefits based on his social security account, her benefits are also withheld. Beginning with 1961, a benefici ary who earns SI2OO or less will get hia benefit payments for all 12 months of the year. A beneficiary who earns more than SI2OO in a MAIL SHOULD BE / ADDRESSED TO BOX 428 I MANTEO, N. C. I NOT TO INDIVIDUALS I Single Copy 70 Bill Anderson, popular merchant and magistrate of Kitty Hawk Beach, returned home, sick at heart and battling with the flu Thursday after a 40-day search which took him to many cities on a wide trail between Fort Lauder dale, Florida and Montreal, Can ada in a fruitless search for his wife, Mrs. Beatrice Joyce Gilbert Anderson, 30, who disappeared December 31. While Mr. Anderson was on a business trip to Florida between the Christmas holidays, Mrs. An derson left in the family car for a business trip of a few hours in Elizabeth City. There she left the car, bought a bus ticket to Wash ington, D. C. She carried no mon ey, so far as Mr. Anderson has ascertained and did not take her clothes, or luggage. The couple were married in Flor ida in December 1959, and she had been apparently satisfied at the Kitty Hawk store and the custo mers were favorably impressed. She was an attractive, dark haired woman, and had been a widow for nine years. Because of some in jury on her head, Mr. Anderson fears she is an amnesia victim, as she had been suffering from head aches. When the young woman failed to return to Kitty Hawk from Elizabeth City, Mrs. Anderson, Bill’s mother, was greatly alarm ed, and alerted her son in Florida. He began his exhaustive search ■with a visit to her. mother who lives in Florida, who had no knowl edge of her daughter’s disappear ance. Through a telephone call to her brother in Montreal, he learn ed nothing of his wife’s where abouts. All he knows is that she left the car in Elizabeth City, bought a bus ticket to Washing ton, D. C. and from friends in Washington he learned that she had told them there was nothing for her in life, she had no home, no friends, and that her husband had died of a heart attack. Mr. Anderson said they had no difficulties, and that she was ap parently happy w’hen he left her to go to Florida to look after some property. He said they had returned home shortly before from an enjoyable two-weeks vacation in New York. Sheriff Frank Cahoon has insti tuted a widespread search for the missing woman, with negative re ports from many police depart ments. The FBI and other law en forcement agencies have been ap prised of the situation. MRS. ELIZA TWYNE, OLDEST ROANOKE IS. CITIZEN DIES Mrs. Eliza Ann Forbes Twyne, 92, died Friday at 6:45 a.m. in Al bemarle Hospital after a long ill ness. She was said to be the oldest native citiztn of Ranoke Island. She was a lifelong resident of Manteo, a daughter of Samuel T. and Mrs. Ann Elizabeth Austin Forbes, and the widow of James B. Twyne. She was a member of Manteo Baptist Church. She is survived by one son, Elisha Twyne of Baltimore. The bdy was taken to Twiford Funeral Home, Manteo. The funeral was conducted at Twiford Funeral Chapel in Manteo at 2 p.m. Sunday, by Rev. M. J. Davis, pastor of Manteo Baptist church and Rev. C. W. Goodwin of the Roanoke Island Baptist Church, north of Manteo. Burial was in the family plot at the old home place, Pall bearers were Lee Dough, Steve Basnight, Roy Etheridge, Victor Meekins, Tom Russell, and Dan Canady. With Frank White Jr. at the organ, a choir consisting of Mrs. Leo Midgett, Geo. Powell, Mrs. Lotta Midgett, Mrs. Camille Podolsky, Mrs. M. J. Davis, and Mrs. M. J. Davis f.fMFM Mrs. Mary Ellen Braswell sang the following hymns: “What a Friend We Have in Jesus,” “Rock of Agee ’ and “It is Well With My Soul.’” There were unmerous floral offer ings. MANTEO ELEMENTARY PTA The Manteo Elementary School PTA. will meet Monday, Febru ary 13, at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium. 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